Last updated: November 20, 2012
First published: November 20, 2012
Article written by Brett M. Christensen
About Brett Christensen and Hoax-Slayer
Some of these "survey" pages ask users to provide personal information including name, address and contact details, ostensibly to allow them to go in the draw for a prize. Others invite them to download dubious toolbars, games or software. Still others will claim that users must provide their mobile phone number - thereby subscribing to absurdly expensive text messaging services - in order to get the results of a survey or go in the running for a prize.
Even after users complete a survey and return to the bogus "video" page, the following message will be displayed:
In fact, no matter how many offers or surveys they complete, or what services they subscribe to, victims will never get to see the fight video, which does not exist. Undertaker, John Cena and Rey Mysterio have all been targeted in other such scam messages in recent weeks.
The scammers who create these bogus promotions will earn commissions via suspect affiliate marketing schemes each and every time a victim completes an offer or participates in a survey. Victims may also be faced with large phone bills for unwanted mobile phone services and, because they have provided name and contact details, they may be inundated with unwanted promotional emails, phone calls and junk mail.
Survey scams like this one are extremely common. Be very cautious of any message that appears on your Facebook
wall that claims that a celebrity has died or been injured and claims that you can click a link to read more information or watch a video.
References
Wrestling Star Undertaker is NOT Dead
Wrestling Star John Cena is NOT Dead
Rey Mysterio is NOT Dead
Facebook Survey Scams
Last updated: November 20, 2012
First published: November 20, 2012
Article written by Brett M. Christensen
About Brett Christensen and Hoax-Slayer